crispy is the word for my yard,Please Dont Drop A Match...im serious...LOL...

The only thing surviving is Crab Grass

the only green spot around here the wetland,but Yes thats a really biggg tree laying down across the water...OH Geez...was leaning over,had been..Hard to see how big it really is.You can see the log its kinda highlighted going to the back...im to old for that kinda work...Ackk

But things are still beautiful there! Yup, crabgrass and Bermuda grass here along with the brown, crispy stuff. So dry.

I like that last shot a lot.

I did too. Like the last shot a lot that is. See the kitty stalking behind the coleus???????????? Kitty is intent on getting something in there,,,,,,,,,,,,

I like both the cat & the blue bird. It belongs in 'blue gardens' thread on cubits.

Thanks Carole,Miss Kitty on Chipmunk Alert

Look how intent those eyes are.

That's for sure, CeCe ... something is about to get it. Look out.

Lucy is right, Tam. If you have a few extra minutes go over and post that last picture. I think Sharon and everyone would enjoy it.

http://cubits.org/bluegardens/...

I hope the link takes you where it's intended to.

Janice, your flowers are beautiful. I love zinnia. I didn't plant any zin this year. Currently, I have some Japanese Morning Glories and blue Sky Vine, roses and hollyhocks blooming! Everything is very dry looking.

Thanks, everyone!
Went out today for a minute, came in and found a dog tick walking up my leg. Well, that did it for me. I told BDH my gardening days are over. He laughed uncontrollably! But, seriously, I am so afraid of ticks and Lyme disease and here they have Rocky mountain spotted fever.

As far as I know dog ticks do not carry the lime disease it is the smaller deer ticks
But I do not know about the rocky mt spotted fever , not around here

Thanks, Cinda.
Unfortunately Dog ticks are the carriers of the Rocky mountain spotted fever which is prevalent here.

uh yuck......ticks, being dog, deer or otherwise still gross me out. found one on my leg a couple years ago and just about went in cardiac arrest...................

Your all makin me laugh...Ahh ticks are are part of summer .... tho they are a bit creepy...im just glad we dont have rattle Snakes...EEWW..we have timber rattlers ,but rare,not nearly as bad



how am I gonna winter these over ???



Survival of the fittest ,this coleus had been left for dead,coon dug it up...laid there for 3-4 weeks,I stuck it back in the dirt...WOW




At least the grass on the East side is still alive,this little flat area is always green.




I have green spots of grass where Ive been watering flower Beds...

Dog ticks are as normal as fleas here in the summer, I am glad we do not have the R M Fever here.



I have mushrooms popping up in the yard all over , can't figure where they are getting the moisture. We have had some rain, last week ,but not much.

mee too ??? an not much rain ??? wish the Morells would pop up in the yard,ALL the time

Tamara, see Allison article about how to start coleus cuttings.
http://garden.org/articles/vie...

Karen

OH I was commenting on my Mandevilles..I was afraid that was going to happen The coleus I start from seed every year .

I have started coleus from seed, but the cutting-grown varieties do so much better for me. Some are so sun tolerant. This bed gets full hot sun all day, but the coleus do great.



Karen

Im just starting to grow coleus and Im finding out how much sun they really can take ...more than I thought... Im always learning something new everyday..Good thing

I just moved this into a lttle more sun,feeling better already...

I over wintered mandevilles once , by cutting them down to about a foot and sticking pot and all in an unheated garage. They survived OK and grew the next year but it bloomed very late and not many blooms . I think I needed to set it out earlier, but it was a cold spring, also should have re-potted and added more fertilizer.